Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse for the Air Force Falcons, things turned even darker. After piling on a consecutive 10-game losing streak, the Falcons are now in even more trouble as they have lost their wings. Apparently, a misdemeanor has taken place within their ranks, which has led to the immediate suspension of one of their top staff members.

Air Force’s head coach Joe Scott has been suspended indefinitely pending an investigation into the treatment of cadet-athletes. His replacement has already been found in assistant coach Jon Jordan, who will serve as interim head coach. The Air Force Academy announced it via a press release and said the suspension will stay indefinitely as the school investigates the authenticity of the charges leveled against him.

Scott had perhaps the most successful run in Air Force men’s basketball history during his first stint as head coach from 2001 to 2004, leading the Falcons to their first Mountain West title and first NCAA tournament appearance in 42 years. However, Joe Scott has not been able to replicate the same amount of success in his rehire stint back in the 2020-21 season after spending a spell at Georgia under coach Tom Crean.

Joe Scott’s record with the Falcons hasn’t been a “Straight A” but rather far from it. He has led the Falcons to a combined 97-183 record in his two stints. His immediate replacement, Jon Jordan, is an alumnus of the Air Force Academy himself, who graduated from the Air Force in 1985. Jordon has been on Scott’s staff since 2022 and was also a member of his first staff at the Air Force from 2000 to 2004 as well. Now it is important to see where this road leads for a team that is about to take on Nevada in a matter of a few hours.

Does a Bigger Calamity Await the Falcons as They Are About to Cross Paths With Nevada?

Idealistically, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that this change of management couldn’t have come at a worse time. Yes, despite the dismal figures of Joe Scott (3-14), having stability in a coach matters; a sudden change of hands doesn’t favor anyone. The Falcons are in danger of finishing last in the league for a third straight year, and that needs to change, but such controversy can undoubtedly send ripples down the spine of management and the players alike and serve as a distraction.

Moreoever when you have a game coming up against the 4th-ranked team in the Mountain West in Nevada. Nevada is currently 12-5 in the competition and obviously the favorites to come out victorious against a struggling side in the Falcons. Just a look at the team statistics tells you how much of a humongous difference these two teams have between them- Air Force Falcon/ Nevada:- FGM 367-421, FTM 221-338,3PT 99-115, Points 1094-1295. Almost every little thing shows the superiority of Nevada over the Falcons.

The team is reeling, and it needs someone to shake things up, and that too fast, otherwise the same future awaits. Jon Jordan is obviously the right fit for the role cause as a former Air Force cadet and basketball player in the 1980s, he commands a great amount of respect around the community, but will that make a difference now?

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The odds are surely not in favor of Jordan, but he will have to fight through this adversity as Joe Scott’s future hangs in the balance. It’s crunch time for the cadets, and the Nevada game will show if they really have it takes to turn things around when it matters most.